Chapter 20: Magic Technique Imprint

In the inn room.

On the table were a white crystal, a thin "Magic Technique Introduction", a cyan paper crane, and three natural spiritual objects with magic spiritual patterns.

"This is a spiritual stone. According to what Master Chongyun's notes said, spiritual stones are the currency of the cultivation world. Doesn't that mean they can be directly absorbed for cultivation?"

Wang Yu took the finger-sized crystal into his hand and looked at it several times. The surface of the crystal was exceptionally smooth, and it was crystal clear inside, with wisps of white light flowing indefinitely.

After thinking about it, he put the spiritual stone at his dantian, closed his eyes, released his spiritual sense, and silently operated the first level of the 'Yin Water Art' technique.

In his sensing, if the heaven and earth spiritual energy during normal cultivation was just sparse light spots of various colors, then the spiritual energy attracted by the cultivation technique from the spiritual stone was wisps of milky white mist, which not only made the coolness inhaled into the body much greater but also made it easier to be poured into the spiritual seeds by the Yin Water Art.

The spiritual energy in the spiritual stone can really assist cultivation!

After nearly a stick of incense time, Wang Yu opened his eyes, full of pleasant surprise.

Using this spiritual stone to practice the Yin Water Art is much more efficient than normal times. This moment is worth many days of normal cultivation, and the auxiliary effect is much higher than that of the Yin Spirit Qi.

If there are enough spiritual stones to assist cultivation, he can practice the Yin Water Art to the second level in less than a month.

Strange, why didn't Master Chongyun tell him this method before? Or is the spiritual stone too precious, and Master Chongyun didn't have extra spiritual stones in his hand?

Wang Yu thought about it, looking at the spiritual stone in his hand, but found that nearly half of the white light threads inside had disappeared, and it had become a bit clear and transparent. It is estimated that it can be used at most one more time, and the spiritual energy inside will disappear completely.

Wang Yu felt a bit of pity in his heart, so he could only put the spiritual stone away and rest by meditating first.

Half a day later, after feeling that his spirit had recovered quite a bit, he got up and took the cyan paper crane into his hand to study it. He found that besides some blood-like patterns on the wings, it was no different from an ordinary paper crane.

This thing is worth seven spiritual stones. Wang Yu naturally didn't dare to take it apart to study, so he could only put this thing down and pick up the "Magic Technique Introduction" to look at it carefully.

He only spent half an hour reading the short dozen pages of the book. When he closed the last page, a look of enlightenment appeared on his face.

The "Magic Technique Introduction" tells things very simply, but it finally made him understand how to learn magic.

According to this book, learning magic is actually a process of comprehending magic spiritual patterns and then meditating them out in the spiritual sense sea.

According to the book, the magic spiritual patterns meditated out in the cultivator's spiritual sense sea are usually called 'magic technique imprints'. Only by meditating them out in the spiritual sense sea with corresponding incantations can they resonate with one's own mana and perform corresponding magic.

Therefore, the book focuses on pointing out the two major difficulties in learning magic: one is comprehending magic spiritual patterns, and the other is meditating on 'magic technique imprints'.

The book says that people with high spiritual talent have twice the result with half the effort in comprehending magic patterns, but for those with superior comprehension, the speed of comprehension is also amazing.

As for meditating on magic technique imprints, it mainly depends on the strength of the cultivator's control over their own spiritual sense. Of course, other factors may also affect the meditation of magic technique imprints, such as the complexity of magic patterns, the matching degree between cultivation techniques and magic patterns, one's own spiritual root attributes, and even some heaven, earth, and human conditions, etc.

But in general, the strength of spiritual sense control is the most important factor affecting the meditation of magic technique imprints.

This book "Magic Technique Introduction" also briefly introduced the division of magic technique ranks.

Magic techniques composed of less than six spiritual patterns have simple meditation of magic technique imprints and mostly have no power to speak of, just like tricks among mortals, so they are collectively called tricks.

Magic techniques composed of more than six spiritual patterns are threatening to other cultivators and are also practical magic techniques that Qi Refinement Stage cultivators can master, so they begin to be called entry-level magic techniques.

As for higher-level magic techniques, "Magic Technique Introduction" did not mention much, only saying that higher-level magic techniques require too much mana and can generally only be controlled by cultivators above Foundation Establishment. The spiritual sense sea of ordinary Qi Refinement Stage cultivators is not enough to carry high-level magic technique imprints.

Wang Yu guessed that higher-level magic techniques are probably more complex magic techniques composed of more spiritual patterns. It seems that if you want to master powerful magic techniques, you must first learn to master a large number of basic spiritual patterns.

But unfortunately, besides that 'cloud pattern' on the 'Bai Yun Sutra' he had seen before, he had come into contact with very few real spiritual patterns. It seems that he needs to collect more in the future.

Thinking of this, Wang Yu put "Magic Technique Introduction" back on the table, picked up the red animal skin, and swept his spiritual sense into it.

Firefly Technique, the trick performed by Qiuye, naturally served as his first choice for research.

In his sensing, five crimson spiritual patterns were distributed in the center of the animal skin, each of which was constantly changing and shaking, and there were some faint red threads connecting them, as if they were living things, and it was impossible to see the true appearance of the entire spiritual pattern picture at all.

Wang Yu, who had the experience of comprehending 'cloud patterns', didn't feel strange, but concentrated his spiritual sense to 'gaze' at one of the crimson spiritual patterns, slowly feeling the changes in it...

But a moment later, Wang Yu withdrew his spiritual sense from the red animal skin, and his expression was extremely ugly.

The Hundred Treasures Pavilion shopkeeper did not lie. The difficulty of comprehending the magic spiritual patterns of the Firefly Technique far exceeded the 'cloud pattern' on the 'Bai Yun Sutra'.

When he comprehended 'cloud patterns' before, although he also needed to spend time to comprehend slowly, it was at least comprehensible. But the magic spiritual patterns on this animal skin made him feel dizzy as long as he comprehended them for a little longer, and in severe cases, he even wanted to vomit, and he couldn't comprehend them normally at all.

Are tricks so difficult to comprehend?

Is his spiritual comprehension too low, or are 'original magic techniques' originally so difficult to comprehend?

Wang Yu muttered in his heart. Fortunately, there is an 'over-comprehension' means, so he immediately muttered "Overclocking".

"Overclocking synchronization mode activated."

In the moment the mechanical response sound rang out, tiny crystal lights flickered in the depths of his eyes, his five senses were amplified, everything around him became slow, and his spirit entered a magical state...

At this time, in his spiritual sense sensing, the originally clueless spiritual pattern picture on the animal skin was dismantled rapidly under the system's auxiliary deduction. A crimson spiritual pattern first turned into red light threads shaking, then condensed into spherical light balls, then built into triangular shapes, and then turned into a mess of light threads intertwined...

After a stick of incense time, Wang Yu let out a long sigh and exited the overclocking synchronization mode.

In his spiritual sense sensing, a crimson spiritual pattern had changed from originally blurry to clearly visible, but it was a crystal-clear flame-shaped symbol, with dense patterns all over its surface, looking like a dream.

Is this the true form of the crimson spiritual pattern? It looks much more magical than the 'cloud pattern'.

Wang Yu only looked at it for a moment, and he felt dry in his mouth and tongue, his body temperature rose, and he couldn't help but marvel in his heart.

The entire comprehension and deduction process seemed to be short, but under the overclocking synchronization mode, it still took such a long time, which shows the difficulty of comprehending this magic spiritual pattern.

If it were someone with ordinary comprehension, I don't know how many days it would take to have some understanding.

No wonder the Hundred Treasures Pavilion shopkeeper sold it so cheaply.

He cursed the Hundred Treasures Pavilion shopkeeper as a profiteer in his heart again, and did not prepare to continue deducing other crimson spiritual patterns. Instead, after carefully collecting all the things, he asked the waiter in the shop to send some food, filled his stomach slightly, and sat by the bed to think about his current situation.

Compared to the modern life world of Blue Star, this otherworld is too dangerous.

That day, he was still safely collecting information about the otherworld in the Daoist temple, and the next moment, other cultivators came to the door. As a result, the Bai Yun Temple was destroyed, and only he, a person from the otherworld, was left outside, living a precarious life.

Now there is still a month before boarding the ship. If he can plan what he has learned well, it is not impossible to make his strength go further in a short time.

First, the most important thing is naturally the 'Yin Water Art'. Originally, even with the assistance of Yin Spirit Qi, it would take at least half a year to reach the second level, but now if he uses spiritual stones to assist cultivation, it should not be a problem to reach this goal within a month. And once he reaches the second level of cultivation, he can learn tricks.

Secondly, the Four Beast Pictures have been tested to have body-tempering magical effects. Coupled with the Blood Refining Soup, there is a great possibility of fully awakening the 'Iron-Eating Crocodile' bloodline power, and he cannot stop practicing it normally.

He already has the recipe for the Blood Refining Soup, so he can go to the pharmacy to see if he can prepare some directly.

Also, there are the two martial arts he has learned: Blade Drawing Art and Rending Wind Sword Art. If these two can be practiced more, I believe the power in overclocking mode will not disappoint him.

Finally, there are the external forces that can be borrowed.

The biggest external force is obviously the 'Tai Yuan Auxiliary System'.

Because the time is too short, he doesn't know much about this system, and he needs to discover more potential in the future, especially the exploration of the 'overclocking synchronization mode' that can be used as a trump card, which naturally needs to be as detailed as possible.

Other external forces are nothing more than things like armor and sharp blades.

He is now wearing soft armor close to his body, wearing gloves that are invulnerable to swords and guns on his right hand, and has a silver thin sword that can be used as a belt. Now it seems that he lacks a handy long saber that can perform 'Blade Drawing Art'.

With his astonishing strength now, ordinary long sabers cannot support a few 'overclocking Blade Drawing Arts'.

By the way, there is also that silver folding fan magic tool that can fan out a gale. If he can master its use, it can also be used as a life-saving thing.

Wang Yu thought this way, his heart became hot, rummaged in his bosom, took out the silver folding fan, and opened it slowly. The bumpy silver patterns on the fan surface were all presented in front of his eyes.

In his spiritual sense sensing, the patterns on the fan surface were slowly wriggling and changing, which was also some kind of unknown "inscription pattern".

Wang Yu let out a light breath, picked up the fan in his hand, learned the appearance of the young man in white that day, and fanned it hard toward the front.

"Puff!"

After a light breeze blew, there was no abnormality.

Wang Yu was not discouraged. After thinking about it, he muttered the 'Yin Water Art' incantation in his mouth, began to mobilize the little bit of mana in his body, and slowly injected it into the fan along the meridians of his arm.

The silver fan trembled as soon as the mana entered, and a part of the silver spiritual patterns on the fan surface began to glow with white light. But unfortunately, it only lit up to two-thirds of the area, and then suddenly stopped shaking, and the white light on the spiritual patterns flashed and extinguished.

Wang Yu hummed, his face turned pale for a few minutes, and the mana in his body was exhausted.

Sure enough, it still doesn't work!

With his current mana, he cannot stimulate this magic tool at all. He must wait until he practices the Yin Water Art to the second level and transforms some more mana in his body before trying again. Now there is one more reason to practice the Yin Water Art to the second level first.

Wang Yu put the fan away in disappointment, took out the black-skinned book, found the three prescriptions on it, and after memorizing them all, put on his cloak and left the inn. ===== CHAPTER 21 =====

Wang Yu disappointedly put away the fan, took out the black-skinned booklet, and found the three types of formulas on it. After memorizing them all, he put on his cloak and left the inn.